#computers in libraries

[lakecountylibrary]

Hey, any tumblarians headed to DC for Computers in Libraries this year? We should plot to steal the Declaration of Independence high five.

[libraryconferences]

#InternetLibrarian @LibConf on 17-19 October (Monterey, CA)

Conference

“Internet Librarians have been on the leading edge for 20 years. What makes them different? They are innovative, willing to take risks and try different technologies before they hit the mainstream – they take actions and have an impact on their communities.  They share their experiments and learnings so the information profession as a whole continues to expand, improve their techniques and processes and have a positive impact on their various communities, whether those communities are college or university campuses, municipalities or counties, hospitals, law firms, governments, organizations or non-profits. Continuous innovation, transformation and excellence are the goals of all Internet Librarians.”

[extabulis]

I just found out that I get to go to Computers in Libraries 2013 next week!!!!

Will any of you other Tumblarians be there? I hope so!

[goodbadlibrarian]

rebirth of the dumb terminal

of the whopping four (count 'em) computer workstations here at the Pantsontheground campus library (as opposed to the Boonies campus library with a million and three workstations, two high-end teaching labs, and free pony rides), one has been perpetually troublesome.  this semester, as our glorious IT department prepares for a college-wide migration to Windows 7 and Office 2010, they have decided to drag us kicking and screaming into the Brave New World by ... replacing our perfectly fine flatscreen monitors. same crapass computers, so that we might reduce bandwidth by simply not having any.  My best guess is they hope to inspire us to all go steampunk and teach our Info Literacy classes with magic lanterns.

needless to say, the Ralph Wiggum of computers has once again proven its vast superiority to the abacus by failing to connect to either the Internet or the printer.  after some testing I was able to discover that the ethernet jack for said brainotron is boinked, in addition to it having little or no processing power and a propensity to go all Blue Screen.  I called the Help Desk and they "will get to it".  someday.

so I am sending my students over to the IT lab next door for every minor print job, singing the virtues of their faster machines and superb quality of toner, as long as they come into the library first and trip the gate counters here, then take their IT problems to the schmucks next door.

I suck.  but I also rule.